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llntrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

E'DIVARD A. DITBEY, OF BROOKLYN, NElY YORK, ASSIGNOR OI? ONE-HALF TO THOMAS I RUTAN, OF SAME PLACE.

TRANSLUCENT SIGN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,072, dated January 29, 1889.

Application filed May 9, 1888. Serial No. 273,312. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, EDWARD A. Donny, a resident of the city of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented Improvements in 'lranslucent Signs, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved sign that will not be subject to in.- jury by the action of the elements.

IO The invent-ion consists in a pieceof tracingeloth or other fabric carrying the letters or syml'n'ils and coated with a water-repellent substance combined with a sheet of glass and an intermediate layer of varnish to prevent 15 watergettingbetween the fabric and the glass.

Reference is to be bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure l is a part1 y-broken side view of a sign constructed according to my invention; and Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same on the line 0 c, Fig. 1.

In preparing my improved sign. I take'a piece of tracing-cloth, A, or other strong trans- 2 5 parent or translucent fabric, and coat one or both sides with spar-varnish or any other suitabl e water-repellent mixture. I may then, when the varnish is dry, frost the fabric on one side with white lead to make the fabric resemble o ground glass. I then produce the desired letters or symbols on the fabric either by painting, steneiling, or in any suitable manner. I now fasten the fabric so prepared to a piece of glass, B, either by varnish, gum, or other suit- 3 5 able adhesive and translucent substance.

Over the fabric A and the glass I3, I may finally place one or more coats of varnish or other transparent or translucent preparation that resists the elements.

This sign so prepared I next place in a suit- 40 able frame, 1), preferably of such shape as to lap over the edges of the glass and fabric, and thereby protect the edges thereof.

A sign cmistructed as above shown will be strong and durable as well as translucent. It will be: of use for many purposes, particularly for street-lamps. It the glass becomes broken by stones or from other cause, it will stilladhere to the faln'ic, and even it' pieces of glass be torn away from the fabric the sign will still be useful, as the fabric will remain in its place, thereby rendering the sign substantially indestructible.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is A sign constructed substantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of the waterproofed translucent fabric A, having letters or symbols upon it, in combination with the glass, 13, and intermediate layer of adhesive and translucent varnish connecting the fabric to the glass, as specified.

This specification signed by me this 2d day of April, 1889.

EDWARD A. DUBEY.

\Vitnesses:

UsTAv ScHNEPPE, MAURICE BLOCH. 

